Boston: John J. Jewett and Company, 1857. American edition of the medical illustrations from Joseph Maclise's Surgical Anatomy, first printed in London, 1851, with hand-colored lithographical plates. The plates, which show successive states of dissection of the human body, are printed here in oil, using Baxter's process, which the editor... Read More

High Baroque Ideal Human Proportions

Paris: Chez Girard Audran, Graveur du Roy, rue S. Jacques, aux deux Piliers d'or, 1783. First edition. High Baroque Ideal Human Proportions. A detailed and elaborate study of the ideal human proportions as derived from the measurement of ancient sculpture, by one of the greatest engravers and etchers of his... Read More

London: 30th May, [1876?]. Writing of his disappointment that the printer had not yet sent the proof of his Education article and worrying that it might be late. Bain was the author of several books including “Logic” and “Mind and Body” and “Senses and the Intellect.” He founded the periodical... Read More

Founder of Neurology in England

London: 20 Queen Anne Street, 11 March 1879. Founder of Neurology in England. Asking after Youmans following his accident, noting that he had tried to reach Youmans when he was in England but found that he had left the day before. Writing that he had he no photograph of Clifford... Read More

New York: Collins and Perkins, 1810. First American Edition.Signed: "Doctor John Y. Lansing presented me with this book Sept 18th 1820 Stephen Schuyler." Signed by Dr. John Y. Lansing on the title-page and by A. Vandeever on the half-title.Read More

Frankfurt: Fievet, 1674. Second edition, with additional third part on surgery.Manual on medicine and surgery by the Dutch physician Johannes von Beverwyck (1594-1647). Wellcome refers to this edition as a "Reprint of 1671 ed., with addition of Chirurgia”.Read More

Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1832. First edition.Hunter & McAlpine call this a 'popular...guide to mental hygiene with the stress on social influences.." Brigham was a pyschiatrist who became the first superindendant of the Utica Psychiatric Cente in 1842 and in 1844, became one of the founding members of the Association... Read More

Troy, N.Y: Printed by Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. First American edition.Previously published in England in 1806, then again with revisions in 1807; this first American edition is based on the revised edition of 1807.Read More

1955. Douglas.Donald Wills Douglas, the second son of an assistant cashier of the National Park Bank, was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 6, 1892, and started his education at Trinity Chapel School in New York City. At the age of 17, Donald Douglas entered the U.S. Naval Academy... Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1966. First edition.Studies LSD, rehabilitation, hallucinogens, sedatives, marijuana and heroin and explains the nature of drug addiction and habituation for preventative actions.Read More

The First Textbook of Madness - with 27 Plates

Paris: Chez J.-B. Baillière, 1838. First edition, with half-titles. The First Textbook of Madness - with 27 Plates. One of the first systematic attempts to classify and describe the varieties of mental illness. "Esquirol coined the term monomania, a concept which anticipated the modern view of schizophrenia, and he was... Read More

Editor's Own Copy

[New York]: Published by the International Fertility Association, [1953]. Editor's Own Copy. Weisman's copy with his name stamped in gilt on the upper cover. In addition to being the editor of this volume Dr. Weisman was also the Associate Secretary General of the International Fertility Association.Read More

New York: [A. R. Elliott Publishing Company], 1911. Included are Editorial Appreciations and “Forty-Six Years of Medicine in New York” (A Posthumous Article) by Frank P. Foster, M.D., Late Editor of the New York Medical Journal. Dr. Foster (1841-1911) specialized in dermatology, obstetrics and gynaecology. This pamphlet was reprinted from... Read More

Inscribed

New York: Medical Life Press, 1926. Inscribed. Signed on the title page and inscribed “To my esteemed friend and colleague Dr. Paul E. Bechet with best wishes of the author. April 18th, 1928.”Dr. George Henry Fox (1846-1937), reknowned physician and medical school professor, was one of the six founders of... Read More